Travel Forum / Travel Types / Cruises / January 2008

Well, it was our first cruise, we had a good time!  There were 20 of us on
the Navigator which left Ft. Lauderdale on 12.22.  Embarkation was
fine/easy, no problems at all.  My family had adjoining rooms, we had to ask
for the door to be unlocked between the rooms after the first ...

I thought this was a moderated group.  Am I wrong?   Was I always wrong?
Jeff

Hello, my family and I are interested in taking a cruise this spring
in the Italy/Greece area.  Any suggestions/experiences with
destinations or cruise lines to research would be wonderful.
Thanks a bunch,

Most folks do not realize that their major medical insurance does
not cover international travel.  For your next trip, make sure you
are covered against a medical mishap.
For a free health insurance quote:

The other day my friend Romanza was talking about perhaps doing a
Mexican Riveria Cruise in 2009, because a number of people she knows
will turn 50 between June 2008, and June 2009.
I started doing a little research, and asked Cal Ford to see what he

Mine is to eat no more desserts unless they are "no sugar added."
Thanks you to all of you for your help throughout the past year.  May
you all have a Happy New Year!
~~DORY~~

I received this press release from Princess and thought it would be of
interest.  If you have missed any of my news' postings, they are
available on my web site.  
Best regards,

Excuse me!!
Would you stop for a moment?!
O...man...Haven't you thought-one day- about yourself ?
Who has made it?

We are sailing the NCL Pearl on Feb 8-08 (in 5 weeks). We paid in full
about 2 months ago. On the web-site it states we will receive an email
after final payment with our pre-cruise info and tickets. We still
haven't received an email.  Has anyone else experienced this? Should I

Really bummed cause I wanted to do a dive or two in Roatan.  Seems one of
the ships engines is not running well and we won't be getting into port
until 3pm. Should I complain? Will it do me any good? Will they comp me a
drink? Wouldnt have bothered me but this is the one place I ...

Last week we went on the Grand Princess and tried something different.  We
limited our luggage to one roll-aboard and one small personal "bag" per
person.  No checked luggage.
Bottom line is that this was a rousing success and I doubt that we will ever

I am finding myself in a bit of a situation.  DH and I are booked on an 11
day Panama Canal cruise for Feb 1.  25 year old son was just informed that
he will require a second spinal fusion surgery and the doc is trying to book
the OR ASAP...   I did not purchase cruise insurance. ...

Effective 1/1/08 in order to comply with U.S. Customs and Border
Protection regulations, NCL has instituted a policy fleetwide that
requires all guests to arrive at the cruise terminal no later than two
(2) hours prior to the scheduled sailing departure time noted on their

Bug hits 78 on luxury cruise
DOZENS of passengers on the new £300million liner Queen Victoria have been struck by a vicious stomach bug.
Cunard said 78 people have been taken ill since its 90,000-tonne ship left Southampton on December 21 for a 16-day Canary Islands
cruise.

We'll be in Port Canaveral on President's day. There seem to be
several tours for the Kennedy Space Center. Are there any must sees or
dos? I'm travelling with a 12 year old boy who has some attention
issues, so anything that requires a lot of concentration  or a long